Animal Facts
Learn amazing facts about wildlife with our regularly updated category for animal facts.
The ant, when intoxicated, will always fall over to its right side.
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Ants make up 1/10 of the total world animal tissue. The total biomass of all the ants on Earth is about equal to the total biomass of all the people.
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Certain frogs (like the Wood Frog) can be frozen, thawed, and survive!
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If NASA sent birds into space they would soon die; they need gravity to swallow.
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Many hamsters only blink one eye at a time.
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The Slave-Maker Ant (Polyergus Rufescens) raids the nests of other ants and steals their pupae. When these new ants hatch,they work as slaves within the colony.
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The abdomen of the ant contains two stomachs. One stomach holds the food for itself and second stomach is for food to be shared with other ants.
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An ant brain has about 250 000 brain cells. A human brain has 10,000 million so a colony of 40,000 ants has collectively the same size brain as a human.
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If a man could run as fast for his size as an ant can, he could run as fast as a racehorse.
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The average life expectancy of an ant is 45-60 days.
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Dalmatians are born without spots.
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Snails can live up to 15 years.
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The world's largest amphibian is the giant salamander. It can grow up to 5 ft. in length.
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A slug has four noses.
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Starfish don't have brains.
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A duck's quack doesn't echo, and no one knows why.
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Termites work 24 hours per day and they do not sleep.
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The 'vintage date' on a bottle of wine indicates the year the grapes were picked, not the year of bottling!
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7,000 new insect species are discovered every year.
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A baby eel is called an elver, a baby oyster is called a spat.
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